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Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 6:58 pm, July 7th, 2025
Maybe X thinks you enjoy it.Comment: Reality Check Radio needs a reality check
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 11:02 am, July 7th, 2025
As far as I saw they protesters couldn't tell if the concrete blocks for traffic prevention were emitting signals (or not). Not convinced they could tell if there are blue tooth signals anywhere else either.Comment: Open Mike 06/07/25
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 8:14 pm, July 6th, 2025
Why on earth would Starmer ever protect Corbyn from the left wing purge he was involved in?Comment: Why Asia-Pacific should back Iran
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 1:55 pm, July 1st, 2025
This take, like the rest of the author's work, is as short-sighted as it is incoherent: morally, analytically, and strategically. It condemns the West for its reflexive support of the US and Israel, while committing the same sin in reverse: reflexively ...Comment: NZ should drop reliance on Trumps imperial republic.
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 1:09 pm, June 24th, 2025
Past time we start understanding how AI algorithms function in governance and decision making practice. In practice they are put in place to expediate decisions while removing all the usual safeguards. Inside online businesses (e.g Uber) this can be a ...Comment: NZ should drop reliance on Trumps imperial republic.
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 4:22 pm, June 23rd, 2025
Think you were supposed to update your talking points for Iran this time.Comment: Open mike 22/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 7:27 pm, June 22nd, 2025
Yeah, Yeah, the head of US intelligence services is only acting in the interests of Russia (and obviously authored this report herself to pre-emptively undermine Trump (who didn't want to attack Iran anyway) when Israel attacks Iran three months later). ...Comment: Open mike 18/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 9:20 pm, June 18th, 2025
Turns out you are in such a fantasy world that even the IDF admitting they shot at the crowd is insufficient evidence that the IDF shot at the crowd.Comment: Open mike 18/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 7:01 pm, June 18th, 2025
I don't approve of turning aid into the "hunger games" to comply with the Israeli public's polled support for a genocide either, but thats where Israeli policy seems to have ended up. I had actually previously believed direct democracy would be immune to ...Comment: Open mike 18/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 1:07 pm, June 18th, 2025
You will probably find this a bit subtle and hard to understand, but the articles you used to bolster your case don't do so. The judge and other senior counsel agreed that unpleasant lines of questioning were reasonable arguments for the court to hear. In ...Comment: The West’s war on Iran
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 12:25 pm, June 18th, 2025
You are the one being very generous, to accept Netanyahu has evidence this time for the exact same allegation he has recycled since 2012. What I was describing was how even this claim needs multiple levels of further being jacked up, even if it's true. ...Comment: Open mike 18/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 11:57 am, June 18th, 2025
People are entitled to a legal defense and providing it does not make a barrister a bad person.Comment: The West’s war on Iran
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 1:32 pm, June 17th, 2025
@SPC. No, I still think its a provocation to try to get back into a treaty and get sanctions relief from the US. That's just to point out the IAEA doesn't get a hard and fast rules because it gets very complicated. If your picture is 20% or more must be ...Comment: The West’s war on Iran
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 1:09 pm, June 17th, 2025
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nuclear_marine_propulsion#:~:text=Some%20marine%20reactors%20run%20on,big%20advantage%20to%20a%20submarine). "Some marine reactors run on relatively low-enriched uranium, which requires more frequent refueling. Others run on ...Comment: Open mike 16/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 7:15 pm, June 16th, 2025
Lots of reporting that Iran downed 3 F35s too. One of the hits was on the Defence Ministry (reported on Fox). Would also understand Iran has hypersonic missiles capable of evading missile defence, maybe not a lot, but enough they can choose what likely ...Comment: The West’s war on Iran
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 4:25 pm, June 16th, 2025
Unfortunately, your comment demonstrates your whole argument is incoherent. I didn't in any way discuss the morality of Iran having or not having nuclear weapons, I would actually strongly prefer the US negotiations to succeed and Iran to return to a ...Comment: The West’s war on Iran
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 1:29 pm, June 16th, 2025
Again, this is quite inconsistent with multiple things we know. First off (and I don't actually care if you refer to this as a shadowy conspiracy narrative), It is however actually quite well established that Netanyahu was lobbying the US to change the ...Comment: The West’s war on Iran
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 11:35 am, June 16th, 2025
Netanyahu has been saying Iran is between two weeks to two months from having a nuclear weapon for at least the last 10 years. This is purely a rhetorical device to convince the western public that Israeli threats to Iran are justified. Something which has ...Comment: Open mike 14/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 9:13 am, June 14th, 2025
The IAEA report didn't go as far as to claim that Iran has weapons grade uranium definitively. That is a possibility and there appears to be diverted fuel according to the report. Israel and the US have always said they would act before that possibility ...Comment: The Thunberg dilemma
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 9:47 pm, June 11th, 2025
As I previously pointed out to Psycho, Hamas have agreed to step aside and leave Gaza in negotiations with the US. This is not of any interest to Israel. Hamas: The Enemy Israel Cannot Afford to LoseComment: Daily review 10/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 10:27 pm, June 10th, 2025
One would have to wonder how much of the footage is legitimate. According to the documentation it contains footage of a burned baby. This contradicts documentation of the October 7th massacre where only one infant is recorded among the dead, having been ...Comment: The Thunberg dilemma
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 5:50 pm, June 10th, 2025
The advice of this post sounds plainly unhelpful and leads to putting perfection the way of the good. Its for a reason that Israeli propaganda leads with every (and every conflicting) statement to justify whatever Israel has done, and then falls back to ...Comment: Open mike 10/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 5:36 pm, June 10th, 2025
Sounds like a legitimate experiment to me. Unless Greta turns into an ardent Israeli apologist as a result of this footage we will understand the Israeli response was not justified by it.Comment: Open mike 07/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 7:15 pm, June 7th, 2025
Essentially, yes, RBNZ policy is not really that independent from the govt. If they are doing something undesirable that should be ultimately the responsibility of the finance minister for allowing them to do that. Of course, what Rimmer described is not ...Comment: Open mike 07/06/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 5:13 pm, June 7th, 2025
The finance minister sets out the goals of the Reserve Bank every year in letter form and can wholy override its independence for 6 months without intervention from parliament. On top of that its usually unnecessary as the Reserve Bank usually knows how to ...Comment: Writing in the time of Genocide
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 10:59 pm, June 3rd, 2025
Israel should be willing to agree to a settlement for a number of reasons, but several of these don't apply if the point is to genocide and ethnically cleanse the population from Gaza (and the West Bank). Those reasons are, 1) The IDF would there by stop ( ...Comment: Writing in the time of Genocide
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 8:19 pm, June 3rd, 2025
That's an utterly pathetic and unconvincing attempt at sophistry. Benjamin Netanyahu recently undermined your lie by rejecting a Gaza withdrawal agreement, put by Hamas negotiators (via Steve Witkoff), which both stated Hamas would give up all ...Comment: Writing in the time of Genocide
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 7:37 pm, June 3rd, 2025
Since you clearly agree with the punishment being dished out, why is this "Gazans are feeling the real-world effects of having a government that started a war against a far more powerful nation and would rather they all die than that the government ...Comment: Shut up you dickhead
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 3:08 pm, June 1st, 2025
To be fair to Chris I will mention seeing him leaving a performance of Bluey with his family. The look on his face suggested the performance had felt similar to hearing a ManU supporters detailed summary of why Arsenal have been such a failure this season. ...Comment: Open mike 26/05/2025
Written By: Nic the NZer - Date published: 7:32 pm, May 26th, 2025
The basic problem with UBI are right in front of you. For a start it needs to be at a level which we call, in the present economic context, the living wage. Firstly by having such a high UBI you end up with a large expenditure which mostly goes to wage ...
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The podcast above of the weekly ‘Hoon’ webinar for paying subscribers on Thursday night features co-hosts and talking with regular guests and about the week’s news in geopolitics and climate. This week’s Hoon featured:a discussion over research showing the sensitivity to climate change of extreme weather ...6 days ago
- ‘Sleeping rough is a lifestyle choice here’
Mark Mitchell walked around Rotorua’s shops for TV cameras and said some rough sleepers did it more as a ‘lifestyle choice’. File Photo: Lynn Grieveson / The KākāBriefly in the news from Aotearoa’s political economy around housing, poverty and climate on Friday, July 4:Police Minister Mark Mitchell says people who ...6 days ago - Australia can leverage SMEs to build national resilience
Australia needs a national strategy that explicitly prioritises the integration of small and medium enterprises (SMEs) into its defence industrial base to strengthen sovereign capability and infrastructure resilience. Despite high-level pledges to build a self-reliant ...6 days ago
- OPED – Jenny Marcroft: Supporting our oyster farmers
Most of us who live in the Mahurangi region are well aware of the ongoing challenges faced by oyster farmers because of multiple significant sewage spills into Mahurangi Harbour. Watercare’s sewerage network in Warkworth is infiltrated with stormwater following rainfall, resulting in overflows into the Mahurangi River and the wider ...1 day ago - NZ First Introduces Bill to Protect New Zealanders’ Ability to Use Cash
New Zealand First has today introduced a Member’s Bill that would protect New Zealanders’ ability to use cash. The Bill will provide for the enduring use of cash as a private, accessible, and reliable method of payment. “People who rely on cash due to barriers to digital banking deserve ...2 days ago
- New study shows speed of Antarctic ice melt, Govt fans climate flames
As the Government pulls out of global climate commitments, a significant new report shows that sea ice around Antarctica is melting at unprecedented speed. ...3 days ago - Family Boost announcement does little to boost families
Today’s announcement on the Family Boost scheme is little more than tinkering around the edges while real issues in the ECE system are ignored, says the Green Party. ...3 days ago
- Serious Response to Serious Problems
As New Zealand has positively responded to the crack down on gang patches there has been a growing recognition of the influence of organized crime on our communities. New Zealand First continues to be focused on all aspects that undermine the safety and security in our neighbourhoods, businesses, and ...1 week ago
- NZ First Bill: Only Official New Zealand Flag to Fly on Government Buildings
New Zealand First has today introduced a member's bill which would make it law that government buildings can only display the official flag of New Zealand. “Government buildings are for all New Zealanders and should not be hijacked to force cultural, woke, or divisive political ideology down the throats of ...1 week ago
- Healthy Homes standards need more teeth
With mandatory Healthy Homes standards coming into effect for all tenancies tomorrow, the Green Party is calling for a new Rental Warrant of Fitness system to give the new standards true effect. ...1 week ago
- Green Party pays tribute to Takutai Tarsh Kemp
The Green Party has paid tribute to Te Pāti Māori MP Takutai Tarsh Kemp who sadly passed away early this morning. ...2 weeks ago
- Government Sabotages Settlement: Te Pāti Māori Backs Te Whānau-Ā-Apanui
Te Pāti Māori stands in solidarity with Te Whānau-ā-Apanui after revelations the Government is looking to derail their almost completed Treaty settlement. Minister Goldsmith has stated that the Government will not budge on its position that the Crown is sovereign. They are seeking to remove the ‘sovereignty clause’ agreed to ...2 weeks ago
- Govt abandons Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance
Christopher Luxon’s Government pulling out of the Beyond Oil and Gas Alliance is just the latest sign they care little for the climate crisis or cost of living it’ll exacerbate, says the Green Party. ...2 weeks ago
- Govt’s $200mill fossil fuel handout in breach of trade agreement
Legal advice commissioned by the Green Party shows the coalition Government’s $200 million “investment” in new gas fields is a clear breach of the Agreement on Climate Change, Trade and Sustainability (ACCTS). ...2 weeks ago
- Release: Minister should fess up on cuts
Simeon Brown needs to be honest about how much more money he expects Health New Zealand to cut from its budget to get back in the black. ...2 weeks ago - Greens call on Govt to condemn US for attack on Iran
The Green Party is calling on the Government to condemn the United States for its illegal bombing of Iran and inflaming tensions across the Middle East. ...2 weeks ago
- Luxon’s Complicity Puts Aotearoa at Risk: Te Pāti Māori Stands Against Global Military Aggressio...
Te Pāti Māori stands firmly against the rising tide of global military aggression. While the Luxon scrambles to appease Trump and Israel, we choose peace, sovereignty, and an independent foreign policy grounded in justice and truth. More than 56,000 Palestinians have been murdered by Israel over the past 20 months. ...2 weeks ago
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- Apprenticeship and training changes ‘fundamentally flawed’, industry groups warn
Industry bodies told MPs the government's overhaul of apprenticeship and workplace training would short-change employers. ...1 hour ago - Listener and Woman’s Weekly publisher Are Media is up for sale
The home of some of New Zealand and Australia’s most popular magazines is looking for a buyer. But why now and who are the top contenders to take over? In 2020, the media landscape of New Zealand and Australia changed forever with the closure of Bauer Media. Covid-19 led to ...1 hour ago - Ngāti Tukorehe to fly more flags after ‘racist attack’ on its whenua
Flags flying along SH1 in the lower North Island were torn down in what a spokesperson calls a "racist" attack. ...2 hours ago
- ‘Nose stuck in a book’ and other stubborn misconceptions around kids and reading
David Hill responds to the Ministry for Culture and Heritage’s decision to deny funding support for New Zealand to be Guest of Honour at the 2027 Bologna Children’s Book Fair. *Names have been changed for privacy reasons. My Uncle X was a huntin’ and fishin’ man. Every so often, he’d ...2 hours ago
- Meth consumption still high, no evidence of related spike in crime
But police data is yet to show evidence of related crime. ...2 hours ago
- Far North Mayor Moko Tepania undecided on future as Parliament calls grow
Far North Mayor Moko Tepania has yet to decide if he'll seek a second term, with multiple political parties trying to convince him to run for Parliament instead. ...2 hours ago
- Greenpeace Holds Dawn Commemoration Of 40 Years Since Rainbow Warrior Bombing, Death Of Photographer...
Greenpeace Aotearoa says today is a moment to reflect on the past, and remember the life of Fernando Pereira, the photographer who was killed in the bombing. ...3 hours ago - How the West was worn: The fashion of Outrageous Fortune
For Outrageous Week , fashion writer Emma Gleason unpacks the unmatched style of New Zealand’s favourite westies. The Wests burst into our consciousness in a flurry of leather and leopard print, canonising the style of West Auckland with an attention to detail not often seen on screens. Sharkies, black hoodies ...3 hours ago
- Can you run all your weekend errands via eBike?
The weekend is only two days long, so spending any part of it in traffic is uniquely offensive. Can this be avoided altogether? Recently, my ailing eBike inconveniently died while I was only two-thirds of the way home. Unfortunately, the battery on my eBike, the cheapest and worst quality model ...3 hours ago
- Government changes to anti-money laundering laws aim to cut red tape for small businesses
It would change the rules around compliance, particularly customer due diligence. ...4 hours ago
- Earth’s ‘oldest’ impact crater is much younger than previously thought – new study
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Aaron J. Cavosie, Senior Lecturer, School of Earth and Planetary Sciences, Curtin University Outcrops of shocked rocks from the Miralga impact structure. Aaron Cavosie Ever been late because you misread a clock? Sometimes, the “clocks” geologists use to date events can also ...5 hours ago - Where do giant volcanic eruptions come from? New study finds missing link to ‘blobs’ deep within...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Nicolas Flament, Associate Professor and ARC Future Fellow, Environmental Futures, School of Science, University of Wollongong Volcanic eruptions at Earth’s surface have significant consequences. Smaller ones can scare tourists on Mount Etna or disrupt air traffic. Giant, large-scale eruptions can have more ...5 hours ago
- Defence spending is like insurance – how will NZ pay the higher premiums?
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Stephen Hickson, Lecturer in Economics and Director, Business Taught Masters Programme, University of Canterbury Getty Images Defence spending is like insurance – you have to pay for it but you hope you never have to use it. And the higher the ...5 hours ago
- The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives shatters the church’s century-long effort to curate its own image
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Brenton Griffin, Casual Lecturer and Tutor in History, Indigenous Studies, and Politics, Flinders University Hulu Reality TV series The Secret Lives of Mormon Wives follows a number of social media influencers from the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints who ...5 hours ago
- Help Me Hera: I’m jealous of my rich friend
I can’t even afford to go out for dinner, while she’s going on a European holiday. Want Hera’s help? Email your problem to helpme@thespinoff.co.nz Dear Hera, I have this friend from high school who recently returned home after finishing uni. She has never worked, and she recently got accepted into ...5 hours ago
- Govt set to quash death sentences on hundreds of quake-prone buildings
The ‘uncomfortable reality’ is that policy-makers must place a value on human life, minister says, to decide how much to spend on safety work The post Govt set to quash death sentences on hundreds of quake-prone buildings appeared first on Newsroom. ...5 hours ago - Watch live: Submitters speak at Regulatory Standards Bill hearing day 4
Toitū Te Tiriti and the Manukau Urban Māori Authority are making submissions on Thursday. ...5 hours ago
- We interviewed 205 Australians convicted of murder and manslaughter. Alcohol’s role was alarming
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Li Eriksson, Senior Lecturer, School of Criminology and Criminal Justice, Griffith University We’ve long known there’s a link between alcohol and violence, but when it comes to homicide the stories behind the statistics are harder to grasp. Our study sheds rare light ...5 hours ago
- Thirsty future: Australia’s green hydrogen targets could require vastly more water than the govern...
Source: The Conversation (Au and NZ) – By Madoc Sheehan, Adjunct Associate Professor in Chemical Engineering, James Cook University totajla/Shutterstock Green hydrogen is touted by some as the future – a way for Australia to slowly replace its reliance on fossil fuel exports. The energy-dense gas has the potential ...5 hours ago
- Former Prime Minister Dame Jacinda Ardern to give evidence to Covid response Inquiry
The former prime minister will provide evidence to the Royal Commission investigating New Zealand's pandemic response. ...5 hours ago
- No future climate adaptation assistance would leave NZers ‘on their own’ – expert
Phasing out government assistance for storms and floods would be leaving homeowners 'on their own', an expert says. ...6 hours ago
- Environment watchdog: Suggested forestry changes are ‘palliative’
Parliamentary Commissioner for the Environment recommended pine forests as emissions offset measures, but to tie their use to agriculture The post Environment watchdog: Suggested forestry changes are ‘palliative’ appeared first on Newsroom. ...6 hours ago
- ‘Paranoia and misinformation spread faster than Covid’, inquiry told
A lack of clear communication from the government may have contributed to the spread of Covid-19 misinformation in the Māori and Pasifika communities, the Royal Commission of Inquiry has heard. ...6 hours ago
- What went wrong with MethaneSat – and who should answer for it?
New Zealand’s first publicly funded space mission has ended with a lost satellite and a debate about how we spend our money in space, writes Catherine McGregor in today’s extract from The Bulletin. To receive The Bulletin in full each weekday, sign up here. A sudden silence in orbit When MethaneSat ...6 hours ago
- Labour hits back at Seymour’s claim NZ is still ‘digesting’ Covid-19 pandemic R...
Acting finance spokesperson Megan Woods said she did not hear the acting prime minister acknowledging Covid's impact on the economy while in opposition. ...7 hours ago
- Rates rises are due to people voting against rates rises
We ignored our crumbling infrastructure for decades. But having to pay to fix it made people mad. Now it’s time to ignore our crumbling infrastructure for decades again. Nicola Willis didn’t muck around with niceties when asked to justify the government’s plans to cap council rates rises on RNZ. “Councils don’t ...9 hours ago
- ‘Storm clouds are gathering’: 40 years on from the bombing of the Rainbow Warrior
From the preface of the 40th anniversary edition of David Robie’s seminal book on the Rainbow Warrior’s last voyage, Helen Clark writes about what the bombing on 10 July 1985 means today. The bombing of the Rainbow Warrior in Auckland Harbour on 10 July 1985 and the death of a ...9 hours ago
- Regulatory Standards Bill hearing, day three: ‘Pissing on people and telling them it’s rain’
The finance and expenditure committee heard the Regulatory Standards Bill could impact animal welfare, the environment and the Woke Lesbo Symposium, and received advice from the Clerk. Read our explainer on the Regulatory Standards Bill here and our reporting on the urgent Waitangi Tribunal hearing on the bill here. We’re past the halfway ...9 hours ago
- Watercare blames suppliers for catastrophic failure of its own controls
Opinion: The $1.04 million stolen by Watercare engineer Shyamal Shah was one of New Zealand’s biggest public-sector fraud cases. Its detection was the product of the Auckland Council-owned company’s fiscal controls, an Auckland District Court judge heard this week. “Your fraud was discovered through work that was done by Watercare,” ...9 hours ago
- National is doomed if it continues to be held to ransom by coalition partners
Opinion: Voters expect to see National achieve its key election promises – reducing the cost of living and improving the health system The post National is doomed if it continues to be held to ransom by coalition partners appeared first on Newsroom. ...9 hours ago
- Mini crossword, Thursday 10 July
The post Mini crossword, Thursday 10 July appeared first on Newsroom. ...9 hours ago
- Daily crossword, Thursday 10 July
The post Daily crossword, Thursday 10 July appeared first on Newsroom. ...9 hours ago
- Newsroom daily quiz, Thursday 10 July
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- Crypto ATM ban spanner in the works for billion dollar deal
Crypto ATM ban comes as NZ’s largest player is reportedly seeking a US$1b price tag The post Crypto ATM ban spanner in the works for billion dollar deal appeared first on Newsroom. ...9 hours ago
- NZ Post ordered back to drawing board on merger to slash 750 jobs
Employment Relations Authority finds postal service failed in its obligation to consider alternative restructuring plans that would result in fewer job losses The post NZ Post ordered back to drawing board on merger to slash 750 jobs appeared first on Newsroom. ...9 hours ago
- Te Pāti Māori meeting tonight to decide candidate for upcoming Tāmaki Makarau by-election
The by-election has been sparked by the death of its MP Takutai Moana Natasha Kemp two weeks ago. ...9 hours ago
- A win-win-win over medical waste
If you’ve ever sat in a GP’s rooms, a hospital emergency department or ward you’ve probably watched as a doctor or nurse opens a sterile packet of something, uses it once, then bins it. If you had that material at home you’d probably wash it and use it again – ...14 hours ago
- Solar powers up retirement villages’ sustainability plans
Summerset is considering a solar sweetener for some retirement village residents. Last year, the company installed more than 1000 solar panels on the main buildings at four of its villages. Now, Debbie Summers, the company’s head of sustainability, says it is actively considering a financial incentive for residents living in ...14 hours ago
- Building a generation of life-long investors
The Government was never going to please everyone with Budget 2025. But one change stood out to me as a clear win: the extension of the Government’s KiwiSaver contribution to include 16- and 17-year-olds. While the overall cost to the Government will be relatively minor – in fact, the full ...14 hours ago
- Anne Salmond: A flawed bill
Comment: As many commentators have noted, the Regulatory Standards Bill is based on a libertarian ideology. According to the Oxford Dictionary, an ideology is a framework for understanding the world. In this case, it’s all about individuals – their rights and freedoms. The Regulatory Standards Bill sets out its fundamental precepts ...14 hours ago
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